Authors: Stephen King

Description: In the reality TV show The Running Man, the only objective is to stay alive. This “slam-bang action suspense” (Gilbert Cruz, Vulture) from Stephen King is now a major motion picture from Paramount. Ben Richards has no job, no money, and a young daughter who urgently needs medical attention. Desperate, out of options, he signs up for The Running Man, “the biggest show in the country.” It’s an ultraviolent competition where the stakes could not be higher. Ben must stay alive for thirty days while an elite strike force, trained to kill, hunts for him. If he can survive for a month, he wins a billion dollars. No contestant has ever lasted longer than eight days. Can Ben Richards win this ultimate game of life and death?

Langue: en

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Categories: Fiction

Authors: Kai-Daniel Restemeier

Description: Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Medienpädagogik, Universität Bielefeld, Veranstaltung: Die neuen Helden - Animationsfilm und Digitales Kino Nr. 250162, 4 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Hausarbeit widmet sich dem Oberthema "Helden im Film". Dieses Themenfeld wird eingegrenzt auf die Frage nach der Vorbildfunktion von Heldenfiguren im Film "The Running Man" aus dem Jahr 1987. Neben einer Kurzbeschreibung der Handlung des Filmes und einigen Informationen zum Hauptdarsteller Arnold Schwarzenegger sollen auch die Unterschiede zwischen Film und der Literaturvorlage "Menschenjagd" betrachtet werden.

Langue: de

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

Categories: Education

Authors: Matthew B. Hill

Description: Dystopian States of America is a crucial resource that studies the impact of dystopian works on American society-including ways in which they reflect our deep and persistent fears about environmental calamities, authoritarian governments, invasive technologies, and human weakness. Dystopian States of America provides students and researchers with an illuminating resource for understanding the impact and relevance of dystopian and apocalyptic works in contemporary American culture. Through its wide survey of dystopian works in numerous forms and genres, the book encourages readers to connect with these works of fiction and understand how the catastrophically grim or disquieting worlds they portray offer insights into our own current situation. In addition to providing more than 150 encyclopedia articles on a large and representative sample of dystopian/apocalyptic narratives in fiction, film, television, and video games (including popular works that often escape critical inquiry), Dystopian States of America features a suite of critical essays on five themes-war, pandemics, totalitarianism, environmental calamity, and technological overreach-that serve as the foundation for most dystopian worlds of the imagination. These offerings complement one another, enabling readers to explore dystopian conceptions of America and the world from multiple perspectives and vantage points.

Langue: en

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Categories: Social Science

Authors: John J. Han ,C. Clark Triplett ,Ashley G. Anthony

Description: Dystopian fiction captivates us by depicting future worlds at once eerily similar and shockingly foreign to our own. This collection of new essays presents some of the most recent scholarship on a genre whose popularity has surged dramatically since the 1990s. Contributors explore such novels as The Lord of the Flies, The Heart Goes Last, The Giver and The Strain Trilogy as social critique, revealing how they appeal to the same impulse as utopian fiction: the desire for an idealized yet illusory society in which evil is purged and justice prevails.

Langue: en

Publisher: McFarland

Categories: Literary Criticism

Authors: Uwe Anton

Description:

Langue: de

Publisher:

Categories: Authors, American

Authors:

Description:

Langue: en

Publisher: Heritage Capital Corporation

Categories:

Authors: Bill Munster

Description: Dean Koontz started his career as a science fiction writer before he left the genre to ultimately become one of America's best-selling authors. In this volume, author Munster looks at Koontz's horror and dark suspense fiction.

Langue: en

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Categories: Reference

Authors: Heidi Strengell

Description: "Heidi Strengell shows that by tapping into the wellsprings of the gothic to reveal contemporary phobias, Stephen King invokes the abnormal and repressed sexuality of the vampire, the hubris of Frankenstein, the split identity of the werewolf, the domestic melodrama of the ghost tale. Drawing on myths and fairy tales, he creates characters who, like the heroic Roland the Gunslinger and the villainous Randall Flagg, may either reinforce or subvert the reader's childlike faith in society. And in a manner of the naturalist tradition, he reinforces a tension between the free will of the individual and the daunting hand of fate."--Jacket.

Langue: en

Publisher: Popular Press

Categories: Literary Criticism

Authors: Bryan Senn

Description: People hunting people for sport--an idea both shocking and fascinating. In 1924 Richard Connell published a short story that introduced this concept to the world, where it has remained ever since--as evidenced by the many big- and small-screen adaptations and inspirations. Since its publication, Connell's award-winning "The Most Dangerous Game" has been continuously anthologized and studied in classrooms throughout America. Raising questions about the nature of violence and cruelty, and the ethics of hunting for sport, the thrilling story spawned a new cinematic subgenre, beginning with RKO's 1932 production of The Most Dangerous Game, and continuing right up to today. This book examines in-depth all the cinematic adaptations of the iconic short story. Each film chapter has a synopsis, a "How Dangerous Is It?" critique, an overall analysis, a production history, and credits. Five additional chapters address direct to video, television, game shows, and almost "dangerous" productions. Photographs, extensive notes, bibliography and index are included.

Langue: en

Publisher: McFarland

Categories: Performing Arts

Authors: Tony Magistrale

Description: Twayne's United States Authors, English Authors, and World Authors Series present concise critical introductions to great writers and their works. Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an author's work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view. An Authors Series volume addresses readers ranging from advanced high school students to university professors. The book suggests to the informed reader new ways of considering a writer's work. Each volume features: -- A critical, interpretive study and explication of the author's works -- A brief biography of the author -- An accessible chronology outlining the life, the work, and relevant historical context -- Aids for further study: complete notes and references, a selected annotated bibliography and an index -- A readable style presented in a manageable length

Langue: en

Publisher: New York : Twayne Publishers ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International

Categories: Literary Criticism

Authors:

Description:

Langue: en

Publisher:

Categories: Arts

Authors: Sharon A. Russell

Description: Offers a critical introduction to the works of Stephen King, providing a brief biography and critical treatments of his eight most recent novels.

Langue: en

Publisher: Greenwood

Categories: Literary Criticism

Authors: Stephen J. Spignesi

Description: Now fans, researchers, and collectors can have easy access to all things King with this definitive sourcebook. This one-of-a-kind encyclopedia, now in paperback, features an exhaustive 18,000-entry concordance covering the people, places, and things mentioned in King's novels and stories, as well as helpful reference guides, sidebars, and never-before-available information. 50 photographs. 20 line drawings.

Langue: en

Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary

Categories: Literary Criticism

Authors: Charles Edward May ,Frank Northen Magill

Description: Profiles more than four hundred authors of short fiction from around the world, presenting biographical and bibliographic information and summaries of major works. Also includes a reference volume with a chronology; a bibliography; lists of major award winners; twenty-nine essays on short-fiction history, theory, and world cultures; and three indexes.

Langue: en

Publisher:

Categories: Literary Criticism

Authors: Frank Northen Magill

Description:

Langue: en

Publisher:

Categories: American fiction

Authors: Robert A. Collins ,Robert Latham

Description:

Langue: en

Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group

Categories: Fantasy fiction

Authors:

Description:

Langue: de

Publisher:

Categories: Motion pictures

Authors:

Description:

Langue: en

Publisher:

Categories: Short story

Authors: Editors of People Magazine

Description: From the editors of People Magazine comes a fact-packed, trivia-lover's guide which provides the complete lowdown on all of the year's headliners and head turners. Packed with essential facts, surprising lists, and troves of trivia, the People Almanac provides the inside story on today's stars and the best in entertainment.

Langue: en

Publisher: People

Categories: Reference

Authors: People Magazine ,Cader Books

Description: Packed with essential facts, loads of trivia and such info as how to get tickets for the latest crop of prime-time shows.

Langue: en

Publisher: People Books

Categories: Performing Arts